Six feared dead, 19 injured in fresh road accident

Six people were reportedly killed in a fatal accident on Monday in Bauchi, involving two commercial vehicles.

Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, confirmed the incident news men on Monday.
According to him, 19 other people were injured to varying degrees in the incident, which allegedly took place in the village of Durum, along the Bauchi-Kano road.
The incident comes just four days after five people were killed and three injured in a fatal crash in Gubi village, along the Bauchi-Kano highway.

Abdullahi said when they were called, it took FRSC staff 20 minutes to get to the crash site for a rescue operation.

He said: “The accident happened Monday evening in the village of Durum, along the federal Bauchi-Kano highway, around 6:42 pm The accident involved two commercial vehicles, all Ford Galaxy buses. One of them was driven by a certain Ibrahim Abduljalal and had the registration number JJN 712 YX.

The name of the driver of the second vehicle and the registration number could not yet be determined. The accident was caused by worn tires from one of the vehicles and affected 24 people, including 19 adult men, an adult woman and a girl.

“When our men arrived at the crash site 20 minutes after the crash, they transported the victims to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Hospital in Bauchi for treatment and confirmation.

“When they arrived there, a doctor confirmed the deaths of six adult men. Those who suffered varying degrees of injuries numbered 19 – 17 adult men, one adult woman and one girl. The corpses were deposited in the mortuary of the same hospital, after which they would be handed over to their relatives for burial.

Abdullahi said obstacles on the road were removed while the vehicles were handed over to the motor transport department of the GRA police station.

He urged drivers to avoid reckless driving and obey road traffic rules and regulations.
“They should avoid speeding tickets and make sure their vehicles are roadworthy. They should avoid using worn tires and other practices that put their lives, the lives of other road users and their properties at risk, ”he said.